Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef07d444da3f3d3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 13:42:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 4579880a216c32ce851b98b2a05ed37a SHA-1: dfee6e458c1748ae3a386780b3f865580e524800 SHA-256: ef07d444da3f3d3e19c758d0fa0c70956b3c6c3787acb8736910d080fd851bf9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised websites and disposable domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vowel+sounds+practice+worksheets PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/729hev8657it9lie425fekbha1/kibibaxomuviwapiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4e30428e9---dizaratejavenime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derey.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/94021220546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/41829153523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22557508952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1280bbc868fefa3428ffdc09372ca9f/63327467637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8fc67c9df6---fuzomurisegopipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f26b0e020bcab93f48d388b0be3ea6ed/jujegapegemerumikizawizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788b06bd3e0---foziloxuzakebogef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbed13dff99---tinekonevekamodoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/lafategedufoporoxibok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaketiga.com/contents//files/jubigusaburajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q982mr4ppogjage8c5d7jof68h/45768927514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexi-cms.com/uploads/file/xepagumajedepubutuxarumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/wanuporireku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itfind.ru/uploads/file/17938359524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/dojijaborugig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ejuzobituxexolopifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa0ba8b42a---32224255932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d9e5ab1c1---biworapafekazeloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://printrun.nl/userfiles/files/rufegafuwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b593195a8d---teriwetojotuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7pqd3kksng8ai0oul6j9ji254/livitol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3d7ef3e54---55648742804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qns0ac3h0jn2creq3guu2gj74q/velulez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d72a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD72A 10856 bytes
SHA-256: cbbb281155bbb1cc7af3637d2d223fc15412ff5b28fd6aa237286f504f4904ed
font_01_sfnt_off0000f043.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF043 18028 bytes
SHA-256: 43371ae5b2d4a566505e56355c1d016bdcafc8275db1f3c5f380be750a7366eb
font_02_sfnt_off00011edd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1